Ax-head and handle therefor.



No. 695,669. Patented Mar. I8, 1902.

' n H.- CART.ER.

AX HEADAND HANDLE THEREFOR.

(Application Med Oct. 2, 1901.)

(No Model.)

NITED- STATES ROBERT HENRY CARTER, OF KIMBOLTON, NEW ZEALAND.

AX-HEAD AND HANDLE THEREFOR.

SPECIFICATION formingart of Letters Patent No. 695,669, dated March 18,1902.

Application filed October 2, I901. erial No. 77,342. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT HENRY CARTER, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Kimbolton, provincial district of Wellington, NewZealand, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in AX-Heads and inHandles Therefor and other Analogous Implements; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.This invention consists of a special form of ax-head in which theordinary eye is done away with and the whole of the head made of a onesolid piece with aprojecting tongue that tapers downward, so as to forma wedge.

The handle for the ax is made 'with a tapered bottom end, the sidestapering outward,

and over this tapered portion fits a metal sleeve that is jammed downover it from the top end of the handle. The part of the handle withinthe sleeve is split downward with a V-shaped split, and into this splitthe tongue of the ax-head is inserted and driven down, so that its wedgeshape shall cause it to be jammed therein. A set-screw or other suitableappliance may then be passed through the sleeve and a corresponding holein the tongue, so that the head shall besecured to the handle with agreater amount of security.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of theaX-h'ead. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of the handle. Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively a sectionalelevation and cross sectional elevation of the same with an axheadinserted therein.

a is the aX-head, which is formed with a wedge-shaped tongue-b. The foursides of the tongue I) taper downward, so that a double taper shall beformed.

a is the handle, the bottom end of which is tapered outward, and overthis tapered portion fits the metal sleeve d, that is also tapered, sothat it may be jammed down onto the tapered portion of the handle 0. Thebot tom end of the handle 0 is formed with a longitudinal V- shaped slote, into which the tongue I) of the ax-head is placed.

The ax-head is secured to the handle 0 by inserting its tongue 12 intothe slot e and jamming it hard therein. The sleeve (1 is then placedover the tapered portion of the handle and driven hard down, so as tobind the sides of the slot e upon the sides of the tongue. A set-screwfmay then be passed through the sleeve d and the tongue I), so that thetongue may be still more securely fastened within the slot of thehandle. tongue I) is flattened slightly, so that a strip of rubber 9 maybe inserted between the tongue and the inside face of the sleeve d.

This strip of rubber will prevent the handle from jarring when the ax isin use.-

.Should the handle 0 become worn or break, I

the aX-head may be readily removed therefrom-by drawing out theset-screwy and giving the head a few sharp hits with a hammer, when itwill drop out of the sleeve.

Although the handle described herein has been described in relation to aspecial form of ax-heads, it will be readily understood that it may beused for any kind of implement which is formed with a tapered tongue,andit is particularly applicable to Slashers.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters. Patent,is 1. -The combination of the tool-head a having a tapered tongue 6formed integral therewith; the handle 0 flaring at its outer end, so asto form a wedge transversely and be flush The back edge of the with theedges of the tongue and having a tapering slot e in which said tonguefits; and

the tapered sleeve 01 sliding on the flaring end of the handle anddriven over the same so as to clamp the slotted end of the handletightly on the tongueb with a wedging action, as described.

2. In combination with an ax-head or other implement having a taperedtongue formed integral therewith, a handle the bottom of which istapered outward and is provided with a V-shaped slot, a metal sleevefitting over the tapered portion of the handle and a set-screw passingthrough the sleeve and the tongue, as herein specified.

3. In combination with an ax-head or other implement having a taperedtongue formed integral therewith, a handle, the bottom of which istapered outward and provided with specification in the presence of twosubscribahV-shaped slot, a metal sleeve fitting over ing witnesses. t etapered portion of the handle and a strip 1 7 7' '1 of rubber or otherelastic material inserted ROBERL HENRX CARIER' 5 between the inside ofthe metal sleeve and -Witnesses:

the back of the tongue, as herein set forth. J AS. WATT,

In testimony whereof I have signed this GEORGE ROSS.

